https://theequinest.com/equidae-equus-asinus Horse breeds and equine information Thu, 31 Oct 2024 20:28:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://theequinest.com/equidae-equus-asinus/comment-page-1#comment-22101 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:22:28 +0000 http://www.theequinest.com/?p=13232#comment-22101 I understand that the onager may have been the “ass” of the Bible, i.e. that most references to asses in the Bible refer to this species and not to Equus asinus. This would mean that mules mentioned in the Bible were mostly onager crosses, although the Romans may have introduced the donkey into the Middle East as they did to Britain.

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